"John Byrns" wrote in message
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote:

So, this is where we are all headed with the coming
national health care system, rationed health care?

What "national health care" system? Where do you get this stuff from,
Rush
Limbaugh?

I take it you don't own a Television set, we have just been through a
long primary election season with much talk of a national health care
system. The "rationed health care" part was my own addition as I don't
see how they can make it work without some form or rationing. I don't
listen to Rush Limbaugh, what is he saying about this issue?


Having listened to the news each and every day for years, I have not heard
of a 'national healthcare system'. There has been talk of universal
insurance coverage. This is not the same thing. For the record, though. I do
not believe that universal insurance coverage is the way to go. I'm not sure
what IS the way to go, and don't pretend that I do... but forcing health
insurance and it's payments on everyone is wrong. There are millions of
people that do not make enough money to pay for insurance, mandated or not.
I've disliked Hillary Clinton since her husband's first term, when she was
trying to force everyone to buy health insurance. At the time, it would have
cost me about $3000 a year in premiums, while I only made $9000 a year, with
$4200 a year for rent plus more for food, gasoline, utilities, etc.. I
didn't have enough for savings as it was, let alone a spare $3G to give to
some HMO for coverage I didn't need. To date (I am 53 years old), I have
spent less than $9,000 on health care in my entire life.